In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in public law. “Developments” may include a selection of links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books and articles, and blog posts from around the public law blogosphere.

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Developments in Constitutional Courts

The German Constitutional Court held that extraditions based on a European arrest warrant are not impermissible merely because the right not to incriminate oneself is not guaranteed to the same extent in the requesting state as under German law.

The Zambia Supreme Court denied an application by the country’s main opposition party to stop the inauguration ofPresident Edgar Lungu.

Israel’sHigh Court of Justice ruledthat the implementation of a law allowing the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikes is constitutional.

Ukraine’s Constitutional Courtdeclared unconstitutional the demand that permission be received from the local authorities for holding public religious events.

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court upheld a ban on a “discriminatory”national holiday in the country’s autonomous Serb Republic, setting the regional government on a collision course with the deeply divided country’s central authorities in Sarajevo.

In the News

Uganda’s parliament rejected a constitutional amendment proposal to extend age limits for electoral commissioners and judges.

Lawmakers in Turkmenistanadopted amendments to the country’s constitution that pave the way for a life-long presidency for the incumbent leader.

Cyprus’s parliament approved an amendment to strike out a provision in the constitution that enables the imposition of the death penalty.

Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer published a draft of a proposed codified constitution for New Zealand.

As Russia holds national elections for 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament,claims of election fraud and other violations surfacedon Sunday.

Thailand’s military governmentannouncedthat it will prosecute cases concerning national security and “royal insult” in civilian courts.

AustralianPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will introducelegislation to hold a national vote on same-sex marriage after the plebiscite was approved by theCabinet.

Canada will pressthe United States to alter a border policy that has barred Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from traveling to the United States.

Bernardo Giorgio Mattarella, The Ongoing Constitutional and Administrative Reforms in Italy (2016) (examining important reforms under way in Italy: the constitutional reform, approved by Parliament in January 2016; the electoral law for the Chamber of Deputies, approved few months earlier; and the administrative reform, which is being implemented)

Ralf Michaels, Does Brexit Spell the Death of Transnational Law?, German Law Journal (2016) (suggesting that hopes to return from transnational law to the nation state of the 19th century are futile but thattransnational law must take serious the pleas of those who feel left out from it in order to remain fruitful)

The Board of Editors of the Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly (CALQ) has issued a call forsubmissions for its next issue, Volume 3.2. The deadline is November 27, 2016.

TheIGLP Asian Regional Workshop, hosted and sponsored by theThailand Institute of Justice, will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from January 6-11, 2017. Applications are due by September 30, 2016.

The Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the Hebrew University has issued as call for papers for a Multidisciplinary Volume and Conference on “Law as Religion, Religion as Law” to be held onJune 5-7, 2017 in Jerusalem. The deadline for abstracts is October 26, 2016.

The law and humanities research center at Panthéon-AssasUniversity invites submissions for its first international conference in Paris, France on June 15-17, 2017. Papers may discuss any dark issues in the law in common law countries. Submissions are due December 15, 2016.

The International Bar Associationand theEuropean Law Students Associationwill host the IBA-ELSA Law Students’ Conference on November 12-13 in London, England. The goal of the conference is to gather law students at all levels of their legal education and learn about international courts and tribunals while providing tips on networking and building a career in the law.

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